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are reported from other collections in Italy. The precise locality of the 

 type specimen is Barrea, near Alfedena, in the province of Aquila, East 

 Central Italy. 



The describer of this race adds that it is probable the chamois of the 

 Pyrenees, of the Carpathians, and of the Balkans will severally prove to be 

 distinct from the typical Alpine form ; also mentioning that specimens 

 from Siebengeburge approximate in size more to the Apennine than to the 

 Alpine type. 



THE IZARD, OR PYRENEAN CHAMOIS 



[Rupicapra tragus, var. c) 



Specimens of the Pyrenean chamois are much wanted in the national 

 collection in order that it may be carefully compared with the Alpine 

 form, and it distinct, named. It is known to the French as the izard, and 

 to the Spaniards as rebeco, and is stated to be a smaller animal than the 

 Alpine chamois, of a more foxy red colour and with shorter horns. In the 

 Pyrenees, according to Messrs. Chapman and Buck, it is more or less 

 common ; as it also is in the Cantabrian highlands, more especially in the 

 neighbourhood of the Picos de Europa, where the peasants kill it by 

 driving. 



THE ATCHI, OR CAUCASIAN CHAMOIS 



[Riipicapra tragi/s, var. d.) 



Lack of specimens prevents the characteristic features of the Caucasian 

 chamois being described, but there are said to be differences from the 

 typical Alpine form which not improbably indicate racial distinction. 



Dr. Satunin ' states that chamois are abundant, at middle and high eleva- 

 tions, in the whole Caucasus range ; and that, in smaller numbers, they also 



' Zoologisch- J'dhrbuch, vol. ix. p. 311 (1896). 

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